The diagnostic value of contrast enhanced ultrasound in thyroid nodules with an initial inconclusive diagnostic fine needle aspiration
CHEN Jianshe1, ZHANG Chao2, LUO Jieli1, SUN Yang1, HUANG Pintong2.
1.Department of Ultrasound, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325027; 2.Department of Ultrasound, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310009
CHEN Jianshe,ZHANG Chao,LUO Jieli, et al. The diagnostic value of contrast enhanced ultrasound in thyroid nodules with an initial inconclusive diagnostic fine needle aspiration[J]. JOURNAL OF WEZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, 2017, 47(2): 128-131.
Abstract:Objective: To evaluate the diagnostic value of the contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in the thyroid nodule less than 0.5 cm with an initial inconclusive diagnostic fine needle aspiration cytology (FNA).Methods: A retrospective analysis of the clinical data of 61 patients was performed, including 63 thyroid nodules with L<0.5 cm. All the thyroid nodules had an initial inconclusive diagnostic FNA and undergone CEUS, a repeat FNA after 3 months and finally confirmed by pathology. All the imaging data of preoperative FNAs and CEUS were collected. Pursuant to which, the detection rate of malignant nodules (DROMN), the detection rate of begin nodules (DROBN), the false negative rate (FNR), the false positive rate (FPR), the accuracy of diagnosis, the persistently inconclusive diagnostic rate (PIDR) and the malignant proportion by repeat FNA and CEUS were analyzed respectively. Results: In CEUS group, the DROMN, DROBN, FNR, FPR, the accuracy of diagnosis, PIDR and the malignant rate were 84.8%, 36.7%, 15.3%, 12.5%, 86.7%, 28.5% and 16.7% respectively. In the repeat FNA group, DROMN, DROBN, FNR, FPR, the accuracy of diagnosis, PIDR and the malignant proportion were 24.2%, 33.3%, 41.2%, 0.0%, 72.0%, 60.3%, 47.4%. The DROMN, PIDR and the malignant rate in the group CEUS were statistically higher than the repeat FNA group (P<0.05). Conclusion: CEUS has a better diagnostic efficiency in the thyroid nodule less than 0.5 cm with an initial inconclusive diagnostic FNA than the repeat FNA. The non-invasive CEUS examination can be suggested.
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